All, Recieved this from the GITA admin conference contact:
Jody and Cameron, Thank you for the assistance. Per your question: “Q: Does GITA have a partner relationship with OSGeo?” GITA does not have an MOU or similar in place with OSGeo. However, * GITA ran FOSS4G in Denver, * SharedGeo runs all of GITA’s operations (we are the entity behind the curtain), * SharedGeo was the operational hosting organization for FOSS4G-NA Minneapolis, and * As you are probably aware, SharedGeo is one of the prime supporters of the OSGeo GeoMoose project, last coordinating a $60,000 upgrade which resulted in GeoMoose 3.0. So going forward I hope you will think of the GITA-SharedGeo team as an unsigned, but very proactive partner. We would very much like to officially promote OSGeo Live at the GITA Phoenix Conference: www.gitasw.org<http://www.gitasw.org>. As such, the presentation by Bob, and the USNG track which follow will be open to the public for free. Cheers, Steve Stephen D. Swazee Sr. GITA Admin Office: 651-456-5411 Cell: 612-239-6981 ad...@gita.org<mailto:ad...@gita.org> Website: www.gita.org<http://www.gita.org/> 1360 University Ave. West, Suite 455 St. Paul, MN 55104-4086 USNG<http://mmdolbow.github.io/usng-gmap-v3/>: 15T VK 8529 7851 Toll free: 844-447-4482 (844-GIS-GITA) Is this enough info to use for setting up a Press release? Should I start up something? Thanks bobb On Feb 1, 2018, at 1:09 PM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shor...@gmail.com<mailto:cameron.shor...@gmail.com>> wrote: Bob, if ok with you, would you mind CCing this thread to live-demo <live-demo@lists.osgeo.org><mailto:live-demo@lists.osgeo.org>. I like Jody's idea of a news item. I suggest draft it up a joint OSGeo-Live/GITA press release at: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeoLive#Press_Releases You could add a quote from GITA. Get a quote from one of the <big title> people at OSGeo Live to add legitimacy. "Angelos Tzotsos, chair of OSGeo Live and vice president of the OSGeo Foundation said ..." (assuming ok with Angelos) The press release can include an endorsement of the speaker's involvement with OSGeo-Live as an authoritative contributor. Cheers, Cameron On 2/2/18 4:04 am, Jody Garnett wrote: Quickest way is to get a thumbs up for OSGeo Live team, and ask them to make a blog post (https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/). Which is a good idea in any case. You could also add the date to the OSGeo events: http://osgeo.org/events/ Q: Does GITA have a partner relationship with OSGeo? -- Jody Garnett On 1 February 2018 at 08:23, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) <bob.basq...@ci.stpaul.mn.us<mailto:bob.basq...@ci.stpaul.mn.us>> wrote: You two, I’m doing the OSGeo Live, Lighting Presentation here next month: https://gitasw.org/lightning-overview-of-the-best-geospatial-open-source/ And the organizers want to play up the OSGeo angle a bit more, what’s the quickest way to get official recognition / permission to say that OSGeo is advocating for the presentation? The organizers want to send out a promotional blast in a few days. If it makes any difference, we’re planning to also hand out preconfigured USBs at the event to each attendee. Thanks bobb
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